My First Bark River Knife

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dejard

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It's actually my first quality knife purchase as well -- the Pro Scalpel II. I was looking for a small skinning knife for very controlled cuts on small game and this one looked perfect. I really like the feel and quality; fit and finish is spectacular and looks beautiful to my eyes. Anyway, it may not WOW anyone else but I'm in love, and she's all mine.

Apologies for the crappy photography -- gotta work on that.

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I wasn't aware of this model. I love the bird and trout/skinner type blade! Good choice for your first big purchase:thumbup:
 
Nothing wrong with BRKT I got a few and they have served me well for years and I plan on getting many more.
 
Thanks. I want to sharpen it, but not sure at what angle. I'm thinking around 17 degrees...?
 
I've eyeballed that one a few times over the years. Nice buy! Let us know how it performs for you.
 
Remember the edge is convexed. Stropping is the way to go on sharpening. Congratulations on a break through knife in your life and a good choice for small game. I think you'll be happy using it for deer chores as well.... plenty of knife!
 
Congrats on the sweet blade. I just recently got a Bravo1, and it has turned into one of my favorites.
 
That thing is gorgeous! And like 22 said, it is a convex edge so sharpening is different! Post back with how you like it in use, with more pics of course!
 
22-rimfire said:
Remember the edge is convexed. Stropping is the way to go on sharpening. Congratulations on a break through knife in your life and a good choice for small game. I think you'll be happy using it for deer chores as well.... plenty of knife!
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Agreed. All of my BRKTs respond very nicely to stropping. Helps maintain the "convex" nature of the edge and you don't have to worry about matching the specific "degree" of each side when you sharpen. KSF has some nice vids on their site about stropping and the MTE sub-forum has good advice as well.
 
That's a beauty! I love their green canvas micarta.

I use sandpaper on a mousepad to maintain the convex edge on my bark river knife. You don't want to sharpen the traditional way as has been already mentioned several times.

Enjoy it!

Eric
 
Do a google search on "sharpeningsupplies" and I believe you will find what you're looking for. ;) Strops are pretty much a piece of supple leather glued onto a board of some sort. You can make them. You'll need some sharpening compound (paste). Just go with fine. You certainly don't need "coarse".

Added: I have never ordered anything from "these folks". I saw a banner ad when I was reading a Washington Post article and I was pretty much floored by that one since I hadn't searched for this in a long time.
 
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dejard said:
Thanks. I want to sharpen it, but not sure at what angle. I'm thinking around 17 degrees...?
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BRKT's, in general, are excellent knives. Read up on convex grinds, though, BEFORE sharpening it - if you use a conventional stone sharpening method, you'll have to replace the zero-grind with a micro-bevel.
 
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